User talk:Writertoo

Ocean Beach
Jeepers, it's been a rough first couple of Wiki weeks for you, hasn't it, what with the POV brigade laying seige to your article ;) I really, really appreciate the factial, neutral and encyclopedic content you're contributing. Rock on with your bad self! :D Still, though, there are a couple of things you'll want to observe before you get too far in.

One of them is WP:Cite for what good sources are and how to cite them in your article. Like those pesky research papers from school (long, long ago for me, but not so long that I've forgotten the pain) every fact you put down has to come from a reliable source--luckily, here it can be as simple as a web-link to an online reference (carefully consider your online sources, though... myspaces pages and youtube are not so good. Common sense stuff, you know).

There's soooooo mucn information here it can be hard to sift through sometimes, so if you're having trouble figuring out exactly HOW you're supposed to implement your sourcing, just give me a yell or hit up the Help desk. Oooh, and also? The cheatsheet is your friend. Er... or it's mine at least ;)

Best Regards,

Wysdom 05:34, 16 April 2007 (UTC)


 * It's not my article. I saw that the page was up and added info with sourcing and removed unattributal opinion. I began a couple of days ago. -- Writertoo 23:09, 16 April 2007

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Edits to Ocean Beach
Hi, and thanks for your concern over the edits to Ocean Beach. No, I'm not the original writer of the statements in question or any content in the article. I rarely have time to do the requisite research for writing the kind of well-sourced material Wikipedia should be home to.

I reverted the changes made by IP address 207.200.122.11 because they were done incorrectly. Wikipedia articles are often a work in progress and information should never be outright deleted from an article unless it is libelous, abusive, nonsense, etc. Information that is contested should be tagged with, which indicates a citation is needed, and a note left on the talk page of the article explaining that a source--or better source--is needed. Please refer to WP:CITE for more information about when and how to tag unsourced material.

In the future, please assume good faith of others, and check on the User talk page of the editor who was reverted for comments before jumping to the conclusion that someone is knowingly and willfully reverting to preserve their own POV. Had you gone to the talk page of the editor whose deletions I reverted, you would have seen the comment I left, and I believe that would have explained things.

Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any other concerns.

Best wishes,

Wysdom 05:31, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Well done.
I just wanted to thank you for your hurricane effort to clean up the Ocean Beach page. That page needed some serious help but I never had the time to really get involved in it; not to mention there are a couple of anon editors that constantly vandalize it with their own POV. Good job. Ryanpm4545 17:27, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

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Your edit to Anthony Spilotro (a.o)
Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia. However, the external links you added do not comply with our guidelines for external links. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links; nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Since Wikipedia uses nofollow tags, external links do not alter search engine rankings. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page before reinserting it. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia.
 * I have reverted your edits to add the link to the page of the writer, it has an internal link which is sufficient. --Dirk Beetstra T  C 11:24, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

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